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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[duǎn]
  1. 1. adjective short
    一封
    a short letter
  2. 2. verb owe
    我不你钱。
    I don't owe you money.
  3. 3. noun weakness
    揭别人的
    expose other people's weaknesses

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary (1 result)

[duǎn]
  1. 1. shortness

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary (1 result)

[duǎn]
  1. 1. 一端到另一端的长度小
    木头锯
  2. 2. 某段时间起讫点之间的距离小
    夜长
  3. 3. 缺少;欠
    这套书还一本
  4. 4. 处;缺点
    扬长避
  5. 5. 浅薄
    见识

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真没想到,一年时间这位歌手就大红大紫了。
I didn't imagine that the singer would become famous this year.
埃博拉传染病的潜伏期,死亡率高。
Ebola is can be fatal, and once contracted it takes a short time for the symptoms to show.
我习惯用笔形输入法来编辑手机信。
I am used to typing text messages in Chinese via the forms of strokes, and their combination.
长筒袜配裙是今年流行的穿法。
A pair of stockings paired with a short skirt is popular this year.
他这篇评清新而不落常套。
This notice of his is fresh, yet still conventional.
我刚刚编辑了一条超长的信。
I've just written a super-long short message.
他这是矬子里拔将军,中取长。
He is trying to select a general from dwarfs; that is to say, making the best of poor resources.
每到农闲,他们就外出打工。
When the farm work is out of season, they will go and look for odd jobs.
突然遭受压力或打击时,出现时间的“情感倒错”是正常的。
Temporary insanity is normal after the shock experienced in a great trauma.
每逢冬至点,白天的时间是一年之中最的。
The day when the sun passes the winter solstice is the shortest of the year.

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